Disappeared north into the Scottish Highlands in my van for a few days this week. Weathered a storm by Creag Meagaidh, hiked into the snow in the Fannichs, and felt the burn hauling myself up the slopes of Glen Shiel. Three great days away.

Came away in the van for a few nights. Made a point of packing my tripod and charging the Nikon batteries. I'm very rusty with my photography, so this seemed a good opportunity to practice. My wife confirmed that the Nikon is still sitting by the door, whilst I'm now here at Creag Meagaidh 😭

First Scout camp of the year done and dusted. Here's the dishwashing station they built (I may have tightened the lashings when they weren't looking). It was built to Scout height, but I ended up doing the dishes so the Scouts could go sing songs at the campfire. My back will take days to recover!

A fun trip up Beinn Dòrain with Leon yesterday. Managed to do some crampon practice on the frozen ground.

Happy New Year to everyone. I hope 2026 brings you all the adventures you wish for.

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

A Christmas cold laid me low for the past couple of days. Took a trip up to the Drumochter Pass today and got paid back beautifully with the view down Loch Ericht, from the back of Geal-charn. This view more than made up for two days being ill!

I'm not the target demographic for K-pop Demon Hunters, but I loved Derpy, and wanted one for my van dashboard. Et voilà!

Pressies all wrapped. Time to properly start Xmas. Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎅🎄☃️

I should really be wrapping up pressies. Instead I wrote up my camps of the year. Possibly a little bit of cheating to pad out the numbers this time around. Enjoy. munromicroadventures.substack.com/p/my-camps-o...

Figured I would blog about my unexpectedly long journey to Mountain Leader. munromicroadventures.substack.com/p/ending-a-s... Pictures borrowed from @grahamuney.bsky.social since I was far too busy stressing to take any myself.

Completing a journey that started in 2019, I sat my Mountain Leader assessment over the last two weekends and passed! Thanks @grahamuney.bsky.social for making the unavoidably stressful assessment as enjoyable as it could possibly be.

I was followed around by robins everywhere I went today. I found this one in my cab after I left the door open, and it was very glad of the few scraps of food I found in my pocket. #rangerdailydiary

Plenty of wind up Ben Gulabin this afternoon. Out with Leon, having a slight Blues Brothers vibe.

Starting my long weekend away in the best possible way.

I find myself in Glen Isla for a few nights. Cottage, not tent. I heard an owl earlier. So relaxed... 😴

This will be a fascinating talk tomorrow, 3pm BST. It's online, free but registration is required: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-archaeo...

On Sunday, the summit of Glas Maol proved atmospheric. It was nice to get out and introduce someone new to hillwalking in the Cairngorms. Oh, views were had later. This was just a thin bank of cloud around the summit.

Climb each hill like it’s your last | cairngormwanderer cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/c...

The stars have aligned. I'm finally getting back to the hills tomorrow. It's been too long. Will do something from Glenshee Ski Centre to introduce a neighbour's son to the hills. Will pick east vs west when we get there. ⛰️🥾

A beautifully meta headline from The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

In case you missed it at the weekend. Here's chapter 5 of my Iceland trip.

The first thing I spotted was that Stefan’s tent was entirely gone. Not collapsed. Gone. munromicroadventures.substack.com/p/stormy-wea...

Happy Sunday evening folks. Here's how I'm celebrating running the Linlithgow 10k today.

News just in! Scottish Ministers have today approved a seasonal fire byelaw for the Cairngorms National Park, banning recreational fires and barbecues between 1 April and 30 September annually. Find out everything you need to know at cairngorms.co.uk/news/new-bye...

I finally bought a rack to take the bikes to the hills. It's only taken 18 months... I didn't miss the good weather, did I?

Given the vanishingly few views it's had, posting this on a Saturday evening probably wasn't the best idea. He's another go munromicroadventures.substack.com/p/to-the-obs...

The weather wasn't looking too great today. I decided to get another post out about the Iceland adventure. Enjoy. munromicroadventures.substack.com/p/to-the-obs...

Scout camp this weekend. Makes for an important choice: which tent to take. 🤔 (I'm still waiting for the Big Agnes replacement inner to arrive)

I found some time to write the next installment. Enjoy! munromicroadventures.substack.com/p/the-icelan...

I went paddleboarding with my family to Lochore in Fife. We had a great day out on the water. My wife now wants an inflatable kayak with a comfy, padded seat. I've started thinking about what adventures could be unlocked. If I do get one, it needs to be able to carry two people plus camping gear...

Welp. Tent survived 80 kph winds in Iceland only to have the inner ruined by my cats. Anyone know if Big Agnes do spares? #bigagnes #tent #oops

Returned safely from the Iceland trip. Weather was challenging—locals even said it was bad! Strong gusts flattened our tent around our faces. Advised to skip the Fimmvörðuháls trail, so we had an extra day to explore Þórsmörk. Not a bad thing. The house is a bombsite with gear airing everywhere! 😆

Made it to Reykjavik. Read about my amateur preparation in my latest blog post. munromicroadventures.substack.com/p/iceland-ad...

Who thought 6 am flights were humane? Worse still, 4 am taxis? I guess it must be Iceland tomorrow! If I did it right, the map I put together should show my progress once I hit the trail. munromicroadventures.uk/laugavegur/

YouTube just told me that my videos have hit 500 hours of watch time. It's not a lot by YouTube standards, but I'm proud. Most importantly, my mum has seen them all! Counting the total running time for all my videos—nearly 7 hours! Interested to watch? My channel is www.youtube.com/@munromicroa...

It's been a couple of months since I had anything to write about, but now I've something exciting coming up. Here's how it starts. munromicroadventures.substack.com/p/iceland-aw... #iceland #adventure #laugavegur #hiking #camping

My three-day wild camp with Floki. Filmed at the end of May, in the Cairngorms, where we still had snow falling. youtu.be/wSQzlpNBTiU?...

I'm not convinced I can muster up the motivation to go out in this.

Let Go of the Goal for a Real Adventure munromicroadventures.substack.com/p/let-go-of-...

I've been writing again. munromicroadventures.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...

This is what May in the Cairngorms can look like. I was loving it.

Good morning, folks. What a morning to wake to in the Cairngorms!

For the first time in too long, I find myself camped in the van with a weekend in the hills ahead of me. Completely unfamiliar hills, at that. Tomorrow will be my first time hiking in the Lake District.

Decided to up my running, back to the 10 km distance I used to enjoy. Went out three times this week—11 km; 8 km; 5 km. Strava reckons I'll have recovered in two weeks! 😅

Recorded back in June 2024 but only finished editing last night. Come remember what summer looks like as I bag my final Munro in the Cairngorms. youtu.be/QSBjTLGKwAs

I finally found gas powered street lights in London. Mission: Success.

Found a little surprise lurking in a wet flush on the shore today. Some teeny weeny out of season butterworts! #Arran

It's on my list. Maybe even for this year. I just need to work out when.

Looks like I'm heading in the wrong direction (South) again this week.